"Bedside to Benchtop to Bedside"
A symposium providing insight into meaningful research with the objective of targeting both clinical trials and basic research for improved functional recovery.  The program will span the gamut of clinical pathophysiology, treatment strategies, basic research models and molecular approaches involved in CNS neurotrauma.                                   

- Claire Hulsebosch 

As a special addition to this years' program, we are pleased to announce the

Aventis Networking Center in the Mission Bay Building, which will act as a central gathering place for attendees to check in and pick up their registration credentials, meet for breakfast, check their email at the Internet Cafe, or just sit and chat about the latest neurotrauma news. 

Updated 10/14/04

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20

12:00 - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk & Internet Cafe Open

Aventis Networking

Center

12:00 – 3:00 PM

Journal of Neurotrauma Editorial Board Meeting

Bayside Ballroom

2:00 – 5:00 PM

WINTR Business Meeting

Mission Bay Boardroom

3:00 – 6:00 PM

Exhibitor Installation

Poster Mounting for Thursday sessions

Paradise Ballroom
5:00 - 6:00 PM Speaker Rehearsals
Sunset Ballroom

6:00 – 7:00 PM

WINTR WELCOME RECEPTION - Ticket Required

Mission Bay Lawn

backup: Dockside

7:15 – 9:30 PM

NNS Officers and Councilors Dinner Meeting

Bayview Ballroom

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk & Internet Cafe Open

Aventis Networking Center
7:00 – 8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Aventis Networking Center

8:00 – 8:10 AM

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
Claire Hulsebosch, PhD

Sunset Ballroom

8:10 – 9:40 AM

SESSION I - CHRONIC DYSFUNCTION AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY

Chair: Craig Smith, MS

Chronic Pain in SCI: Tailoring Treatments to Mechanisms - Eva Widerstrom-Noga, PhD

The Protean Nature of Pain After Spinal Cord Injury - Bryan Hains, PhD

What Have We Learned About Spinal Cord Injury -Induced Neuropathic Pain from Genomic Analyses - Olivera Nesic, PhD

Sunset Ballroom

9:45 – 10:40 AM

SESSION II - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS

Chair: Douglas H. Smith, MD

Sunset Ballroom
9:50 - 10:00

P98 ENGINEERING NERVE CONSTRUCTS FOR CLINICAL APPLICATION

 
10:00 - 10:10

P136 EFFECT OF FRESH FROZEN PLASMA IN PREVENTION OF DELAYED INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA IN SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

 
10:10 - 10:20
P199 THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON INTERSTITIAL GLUTAMATE AND LACTATE/PYRUVATE LEVELS IN HUMAN BRAIN AFTER SEVERE HEAD INJURY  
10:20 - 10:30
P65 LIPID RAFTS MEDIATE TNF RECEPTOR-1 SIGNALING IN THE NORMAL AND TRAUMATIZED BRAIN  
10:30 - 10:40
P40 THE ROLE OF L-SELECTIN IN DEMYELINATION OF WHITE MATTER IN THE MURINE SPINAL CORD AFTER CONTUSION INJURY  

9:45 AM – 12:30 PM

POSTER SESSION I

BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Click here to view abstracts for this session

Sorted by:  Presentation Time or   Poster Number

9:45 AM – 12:30 PM

POSTER SESSION I - TOP ABSTRACT FINALISTS

STUDENT COMPETITION JUDGING

Aventis Networking Center

12:30 – 1:45 PM

WINTR LUNCHEON SESSION


Managing Time and Organizing a Life: Practical Advice for Busy Scientists - Lois M. Nora, MD

All delegates are invited to attend presentation  

Optional WINTR Lunch Ticket available

Italian Buffet Lunch

Optional Ticketed Lunch if not attending the WINTR Luncheon Session

Resort Restaurants

1:45 – 3:15 PM

SESSION III - EFFECT OF AGE, GENDER & RECOVERY  MECHANISMS ON TBI

Chair: David Hovda

Age - Mayumi Prins, PhD

Gender - Helen Bramlett, PhD

Recovery Mechanisms - Patrick Kochanek, PhD

3:15 – 3:30 PM

BREAK

3:30 – 5:00 PM

SESSION IV - EFFECTS OF SECONDARY INSULTS AFTER CNS INJURY

Chair: Katherine Woodbury-Harris, PhD

Secondary Insult - M. Ross Bullock, PhD

Posttraumatic Epilepsy - Raimondo D'Ambrosio, PhD

Brain Swelling/Edema/Role of Aquaporins - Geoff Manley, PhD

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Poster Mounting for Friday Sessions

6:00 - 7:30 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION
Included with all delegate and accompanying spouse registrations. 

Paradise Lawn

backup: Paradise Ballroom

7:30 - 9:00 PM Beach BBQ - Ticket Required

Paradise Cove

backup: Dockside Ballroom

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Registration Desk & Internet Cafe Open

7:00 – 8:00 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Provided by Pharmos

8:00 – 8:10 AM

WELCOME BACK & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Claire Hulsebosch, PhD

8:10 – 9:40 AM

SESSION V - OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO CNS AXONAL GROWTH

Chair: Lyn Jakeman, PhD

Suppression of Glial Scar Formation Promotes Axon Growth Across Spinal Cord Injuries - Stephen Davies, PhD

Overcoming Inhibitors in Myelin to Encourage Regneration In Vivo - Marie Filbin, PhD

Nogo Receptor Antagonism to Promote Axonal Regeneration - Stephen Strittmater, PhD

9:45 – 10:40 AM

SESSION VI - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS

Chair: Douglas H. Smith, MD

P250 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CAFFEINE LEVELS ARE INCREASED AND ASSOCIATED WITH FAVORABLE OUTCOME AFTER SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN HUMANS  

P285 CULTURE CONFIGURATION AND LOCAL STRAIN REGIME AFFECT THE RESPONSE TO HIGH RATE DEFORMATION IN NEURONS CULTURED IN TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONS

 
P293 EVIDENCE FOR NEURO-PLASTICITY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: A PROSPECTIVE 2-YEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY  

P219 THE RAT CEREBELLUM IS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO INDIRECT TRAUMA FOLLOWING MILD AND SEVERE FOREBRAIN FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY

 
10:30 - 10:40
P180 TRANSPLANTS OF NEURONAL AND GLIAL RESTRICTED PRECURSORS PROMOTE RECOVERY OF FUNCTION IN INJURED SPINAL CORD  
10:40 - 10:50
P284 ROLE OF FAS IN APOPTOSIS OF OLIGODENDROCYTES AFTER NEUROTRAUMA:   IN VITRO STUDIES IN A HUMAN OLIGODENDROCYTE CELL LINE  

9:45 AM – 12:30 PM

POSTER SESSION II

BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Click here to view abstracts for this session

Sorted by:  Presentation Time  or Poster Number

9:45 AM – 12:30 PM

POSTER SESSION II - TOP ABSTRACT FINALISTS

STUDENT COMPETITION JUDGING

Aventis Networking Center

12:30 – 1:45 PM

NNS BUSINESS MEETING/NETWORKING LUNCH

Optional Networking Lunch - Ticket required

"South of the Border" Buffet Lunch

Optional Ticketed Lunch if not attending the NNS Business Meeting/Luncheon

Resort Restaurants

1:45 – 3:15 PM

SESSION VII - GENE AND STEM CELL THERAPY

Chair: David Shine, PhD

Gene Therapy Against Acute Necrotic Neurological Insults - Robert Sapolsky, PhD

Human Neural Stem Cells for Neurotrauma Therapy: Potentials and Challenges - Ping Wu, PhD

Manipulation of Spinal Plasticity with RNA Interference - Gordon Mitchell, PhD

3:15 - 3:30 PM

BREAK

3:30 – 5:00 PM

SESSION VIII - CLINICAL PROFILES AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES - BEDSIDE TO BENCHTOP TO BEDSIDE

Chair: Edward Wirth, PhD

Traumatic Brain Injury - Claudia Robertson, PhD

Spinal Cord Injury - Charles Tator, MD

Bench to Bedside in SCI: Clinical Trials - Wise Young, MD, PhD

5:00 – 5:30 PM

AWARDS CEREMONY

Abstract Chair: Douglas H. Smith, MD

5:30 - 5:45 PM

CLOSING REMARKS
Claire Hulsebosch, PhD

6:00 PM

Registration Desk Closes


All completed evaluation forms, CME certificates and other materials must be turned in prior to this time.